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OAPP	Office of Adolescent Pregnancy Programs (part of OPA in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
OAR	Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (formerly called Environmental Research Laboratories, part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
OAR	Office of AIDS Research (part of NIH in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
OAR	Office of Air and Radiation (part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
OAT	Office for the Advancement of Telehealth (part of HRSA in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
OBRA	Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987
OCNA	Ovarian Cancer National Alliance
OCRE	Organizations Concerned About Rural Education
OCS	Office of Community Services (part of ACF in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
OCSE	Office of Child Support Enforcement (part of ACF in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, also CSE)
ODPHP	Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (part of OPHS in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
OEP	Office of Emergency Preparedness (see NDMS) (part of OPHS in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
OERI	Office of Educational Research and Improvement (part of the U.S. Department of Education and Human Services)
OFA	Office of Family Assistance (part of ACF in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
OFP	Office of Family Planning (part of OPA in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
OGHA	Office of Global Health Affairs (part of OPHS in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
OHAP	Office of HIV/AIDS Policy (part of OPHS in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
OHRP	Office of Human Research Protections (part of OPHS in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
OIG	Office of the Inspector General (part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
OJJDP	Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (part of the U.S. Department of Justice)
OMB	Office of Manpower and Budget (part of the Executive Office of the President)
OMH	Office of Minority Health (part of OPHS in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
OMHRC	Office of Minority Health Research Center (part of OMH in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
OMLVA	Office of Military Liaison and Veterans Affairs (part of OPHS in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
ONDCP	Office of National Drug Control Policy (part of the Executive Office of the President)
*ONET**	Occupational Information Network (replaced the Dictionary of Occupational Titles)
ONP	Office of National Preparedness (part of FEMA)
OPA	Office of Pharmacy Affairs (part of BPHC in HRSA)
OPA	Office of Population Affairs (part of OPHS in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
OPCRH	Office Primary Care and of Rural Health (part of the Alabama Department of Public Health)
OPCW	Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
OPHS	Office of Public Health and Science (part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
OPPTS	Office of Pollution, Prevention, and Toxic Substances (part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
OPRE	Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (part of ACF in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
ORHP	Office of Rural Health Policy (part of HRSA in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
ORI	Office of Research Integrity (part of OPHS in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
ORR	Office of Refugee Resettlement (part of ACF in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
OSERS	Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (part of the U.S. Department of Education)
OSG	Office of the Surgeon General (U.S. government)
OSH	Office on Smoking and Health (part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
OSHA	Occupational Safety and Health Administration (part of the U.S. Department of Education)
OSWER	Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
OWH	Office of Women's Health (part of OPHS in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

PACE	Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly
PACE EH	Protocol for Assessing Community Excellence in Environmental Health (part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
PAHO	Pan American Health Organization
PART	Program Assessment Rating Tool (Office of Manpower and Budget)
PCCM	Primary Care Case Manager Definition
PCP	Primary Care Provider Definition
PEEHIP	Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Plan

PHF	Public Health Foundation
PHLA	Public Health Law Association
PHLI	Public Health Leadership Institute
PHP	Partnership Hospital Program Definition
PHPPO	Public Health Program Practice Office (part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
PHS	Public Health Service
PIPA	Partners in Policymaking of Alabama
PMD	Preferred Medical Doctor Definition
PMP	Primary Medical Provider Definition
PRA	Partners for Rural America
PMSA	Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area (OMB defined area)
PMRNC	Practice Managers Resource & Networking Community
POCAAN	People of Color Against AIDS Network
PPA	Partnership for Prescription Assistance
PPIP	Put Prevention Into Practice Definition
PPN	Promising Practices Network (improving outcomes of children, youth, families)
PPO	Preferred Provider Organization Definition
PPS	Prospeactive Payment System Definition
PRA	Partners for Rural America
PRAMS	Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (in ADPH)
PRSR	Program for Rural Services and Research (collaboration between rural communities and the University of Alabama)
PRWORA	Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
PSC	Program Support Center (agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
PSSC	Pharmacy Services Support Center (collaboration between HRSA and the American Pharmacists Association)
PVS	Physicians for a Violence-free Society

QI-1	Qualifying Individuals - 1 (Medicare savings program)
QLHS	Quality of Life Health Services (DeKalb, Etowah, Marshall counties)
QMB	Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (Medicare savings program)

RAC	Rural Assistance Center (provided by HHS, replaced Rural Information Center Health Service in 2002)
RAHA	Rural Alabama Health Alliance (Bibb, Fayette, Pickens, Greene, Sumter counties)
RAHEC	Rural Alabama Area Health Education Center
RAINN	Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network
RBS	Rural Business-Cooperative Service (part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture)
RCAC	Rural Community Assistance Corporation
RCAP	Rural Community Assistance Partnership
RCDI	Rural Community Development Initiative
RHPI	Rural Hospital Performance Improvement
RHRC	Rural Health Resource Center
RHS	Rural Housing Service (part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture)
RIC	Rural Information Center (a source of rural health information which is provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture)
RICHS	Rural Information Center Health Service (a source of comprehensive rural health information which was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. This source continues as the Rural Information Center (RIC) with some information functions being replaced by the Rural Assistance Center (RAC) in 2002)
ROSS	Resident Opportunities and Self Sufficiency (program in Housing and Urban Development)
RRR	(National) Rural Recruitment and Retention Network (also 3R)
RSCT	Rural School and Community Trust
RSNA	Radiological Society of North America
RSS	Rural Sociological Society
RTFC	Rural Telephone Finance Cooperative
RUCA	Rural-Urban Commuting Area (system for defining RURAL)
RUI	Reformers Unanimous International
RUPRI	Rural Policy Research Institute
RUS	Rural Utilities Service (provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture)
RWJF	Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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